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SynthesisCanadian respiratory journal2018

Effects of Comorbidities on Asthma Hospitalization and Mortality Rates: A Systematic Review.

Masoud Mahdavian, Blake H Power, Shabnam Asghari, Jordan C Pike

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Canadian respiratory journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masoud MahdavianDivision of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada A1C 5B8.ORCID 0000-0002-6183-9024
Blake H PowerFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3V6.ORCID 0000-0003-1792-3998
Shabnam AsghariFaculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3V6.
Jordan C PikeLibrarian II, Eastern Health, Department of Research, St. John's, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3878-4168
Memorial University of Newfoundland · CASt. John’s Health Sciences Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Recent studies have shown that patients diagnosed with asthma who have other chronic comorbidities have severely worse medical outcomes. However, the number of available published studies in this field is lacking. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of comorbidities in asthmatic patients based on hospitalization and mortality rates. Methods: A systematic review was conducted. Data were obtained from the electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane until June 15, 2018. The primary objective of this study was to determine the effects of comorbidities on asthma hospitalization and mortality. The secondary objective was to analyze the effects of asthma comorbidity with certain chronic diseases, including COPD, obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, mental illness (anxiety and depression), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, myocardial ischemia, rhinitis, and sinusitis on asthma hospitalization and mortality. Results: From potential 687 articles, only 9 were chosen based on our study inclusion criteria. Almost half of these articles were related to asthma/COPD comorbidity. There were no articles found for hypertension, myocardial ischemia, rhinitis, or sinusitis based on our inclusion/exclusion factors. Each of these 9 published articles had shown an increase in rates of hospitalization, length of stay, and/or mortality, due to asthma-related symptoms, compared to asthma-only patients. Conclusion: There was determined to be a large discrepancy between the available research for various types of comorbid conditions presenting with asthma that focus on hospitalization and mortality rates. The current available literature suggests a large impact that these comorbid diseases can have on asthma-related symptoms when present together, severely affecting a patient's quality of life. We propose that further research on the effects of these comorbidities on asthma mortality and hospitalization can yield beneficial results to improve the management of asthmatic patients.

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AsthmaComorbidityHospitalizationHumans

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PMID30402198
PMCPMC6191953
OpenAlexW2894476110

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